Caprese Stuffed Avocados with Spicy Balsamic Glaze

What do you do when you have a fresh shipment of California Avocados, some delicious mozzarella, a bursting basil plant, some fresh tomatoes and a craving for something easy and delicious?

You make the most delicious Caprese Stuffed Avocados with a spicy balsamic drizzle, of course!

I became obsessed with making balsamic glazes and drizzles after having some of Maria’s Caprese Garlic Bread (best garlic bread ever fyi). Seriously, y’all go check out that garlic bread recipe, it’s absolutely phenomenal. Reducing balsamic vinegar makes it thicker and makes it sweeter.

For these appetizers, I wanted to take the traditional caprese recipe and turn it on its head with a new presentation, and a killer spicy, tangy, delicious drizzle. The smell in my house while I was simmering the sauce and reducing it… yowza! My mouth was literally watering in anticipation.

These are quick and easy to throw together, so they’re perfect for an impromptu gathering, a football party, a summer’s here bash, or just because you have an afternoon free to hang out with friends and neighbors.

The only thing you need time to prep is the spicy balsamic glaze, but that’s ready in less than 30 minutes, and you can do that while you prep the tomatoes and mozzarella!

I foresee a lot of these being made this summer, and if you’re serving a big crowd, you could even cut the avocados up and serve everything on toothpicks and skewers with a fun drizzle bottle or ladle so that guests can control the amount of glaze!

Ingredients

Spicy Balsamic Glaze

Stuffed Avocados

Instructions

Spicy Balsamic Glaze

Pour the balsamic vinegar into a saucepan over medium heat, whisk in the chili garlic paste and bring to a bubble.

Reduce the heat to a simmer

Simmer, whisking frequently, until the vinegar has thickened and reduced by 1/2

Pour into a glass container to cool

Avocados

Dice the tomatoes, chop the mozzarella, tear or chop the basil leaves and mix together

Slice the avocados in half, remove the pit

You can spoon the mixture into the avocados as they are, or scoop out a bit of the avocado to make room for more of the caprese mixture.

Spoon the caprese mixture into the avocado halves

Drizzle the glaze over just prior to serving.

Notes

If you want to take this appetizer up a notch, grill the avocado halves while the balsamic glaze is reducing. This will make the avocado creamier.Don't drizzle the glaze over the avocados until you're ready to serve them.

This makes more glaze than you'll need, but I like to taste test while prepping {so none goes to waste around here!}